---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001562762-23-000145"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CALM"
cik: "0000016160"
company_name: "CAL-MAINE FOODS INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T12:51:05.219581+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cal-Maine Foods Q3 FY2023 net sales $997.5M, EPS $6.62, dividend $2.20

## Summary
- Net sales $997.5M (up 109% YoY), net income $323.2M ($6.62 diluted EPS) vs $39.5M ($0.81) last year.
- Conventional egg price per dozen $3.678 (vs $1.458); specialty $2.616 (vs $1.923). Total dozen sales +1.3% to 291.4M.
- Operating income $407.8M; feed costs per dozen $0.679 (+20.8% YoY). No HPAI at any Cal-Maine facility.
- Cash dividend of $2.20 per share, payable May 11, 2023 to holders of record April 26, 2023, under variable policy.
- Management cites HPAI-driven supply tightness, robust consumer demand, and focus on specialty egg expansion.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001562762-23-000145
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CALM
- cik: 0000016160
- company_name: CAL-MAINE FOODS INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16160/000156276223000145/0001562762-23-000145-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16160/000156276223000145/calm8k20230328.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  CAL-MAINE FOODS INC reported third quarter ended February 25, 2023 results: revenue $997.5 million, net income $323.2 million, EPS $6.62 per diluted share.
  - Period: third quarter ended February 25, 2023
  - Revenue: $997.5 million
  - Net income: $323.2 million
  - EPS: $6.62 per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: States, today reported results for the third quarter of fiscal 2023 (thirteen weeks) ended February 25, 2023. Third Quarter Fiscal 2023 Highlights ● Quarterly net sales of $997.5 million, driven by strong conventional egg prices ● Quarterly net income of $323.2 million, or $6.64 per basic and $6.62 per diluted common share ● Cash dividend of $107.7 million, or
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/16160/000156276223000145/0001562762-23-000145-index.htm

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